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Book Haul: 16th February 2016 *Birthday Edition*

As promised I come bearing a birthday book haul. Technically I only got one of these books for my birthday but considering how I was royally spoiled over this past weekend for my birthday I’m taking them all into account!

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For those of you who don’t know, I’m from London and my home away from home is the Forbidden Planet Megastore in London, every time I’m in Central I go there even if I don’t buy anything (ahaha not going to happen). This Saturday I was taken into London to go to the British Museum for my birthday and as usual I went into Forbidden Planet for a nose.

I walked out with the greatest bargains I have ever found in there!

What started it all was Dark Bites by Sherrilyn Kenyon. I found the newest printing on the top shelf and I was 100% going to buy it until I turned it over and found that it was damaged *boo* – my bubble burst. I carried on perusing the books in depression as the one book I wanted was damaged until I found the sale shelf.

I found the cover to the left brand spanking new for 99p! Not a scratch on it anywhere and I was gobsmacked that it was so cheap. I saved £8 on this beauty and the cover is way nicer.

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Next along the sale shelf was Cursed by Fire by Jacquelyn Frank. I’ve read Jacquelyn Frank’s work before and I loved it so it fitted that I’d find another I’d want and for 99p new as well.

I found Edge of Dawn by Lara Adrian for 99p on the same shelf – again it’s new. I’m missing a couple of these in paperback but they’re on my list to get eventually.

I found The Twisted Tragedy of Miss Natalie Stewart by Leanna Renee Hieber for 99p too on another sale shelf. Unfortunately it is the second in the series and I don’t own the first in paperback but I really really liked the idea and the cover for this one. .

I then found A Soldier’s Duty and An Officer’s Dutyby Jean Johnson in the charity shop around the corner – both brand new and both for £2 each. I spent a grand total of £11.92 on Saturday.

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On my birthday I got a signed edition of The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson which I was hugely excited about last week. But yesterday I popped into a local Waterstones and found a hardback edition of Calamity by Brandon Sanderson – 3 days before release!!!!

I’d pre-ordered the paperback edition for delivery in November but I couldn’t resist snapping it up before it actually releases!

I now have no room on my Brandon Sanderson shelf 😦 but on the flip side it sure is looking purdy with 13 of 15 signed 😀